Brussels, 21/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - After Morocco, European Commissioner Chris Patten was in Tunisia on Tuesday where he had a brief working visit marked by a meeting with President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and where he placed emphasis on the "leading role" this country played in relations between the Union and the Southern side of the Mediterranean, as well as within the region.
The four-part talks, that Mr. Patten extended "longer than expected", with Prime Minister Hamed Karoui,...